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Paper Mounting Demo (new link)

Most of my large paintings are created on paper first  then mounted onto  canvas. I have added a page to my website with a full description of  how I mount these paintings onto canvas, along with pictures.  

* My thanks to fellow artist Barbra Edwards for taking such great photos of my paper mounting demonstration, and for allowing me to use them.

Click here to find out how it's done... www.silverdog.ca/paper_canvas_demo.html

iPad for Artist Workshop

Just finished the last day of teaching my iPad for Artists workshop. Wow.. what a fun, creative (and brave) group of artists. It was a pleasure spending time with them.  Looking forward to seeing what they create on their iPads!

I'll be teaching a Level II workshop at some point in 2016 (for those who have already taken my Level I workshop)  Please contact me if you are interested.

Good to be drawing again...

Working on drawings for my Silverwave series.  Tide pool sculpins and sea anemonies today.  Fun stuff!

iPad for Artists 3-Day Workshop

DATE: October 20 - 22, 2015

TIME: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

LOCATION: Nanaimo BC

COST: FCA Members: $275/ Non-Members: $300
LEVEL: beginner to intermediate iPad user



10 Spaces
Workshop now full!
Contact me to get on the waitlist for the next workshop (or maybe even this one if there is a cancellation)


Immerse yourself in a three day workshop and discover what a powerful, creative, and FUN tool the iPad can be. 

Receive step by step instruction as you learn how to draw, paint and create using nothing but your iPad.

We'll start by covering some iPad basics and work our way up to creating digital paintings from scratch. Along the way we will cover photo editing; colour mixing; what pixel and resolution mean and why they are so important; how to get photos from your camera onto your iPad; how to set a custom canvas size in Procreate; digital collage (so cool!); working in layers... and SO MUCH MORE!   Unleash the amazing potential that is hidden in your iPad. It's not just for checking e-mail and surfing the web!

Click here for full details and registration info.

Silverwave Series I (5x5) currently SOLD OUT

 I'm working on some new ones and they should be available early September.

These little guys sell fast, so contact me if you are interested in reserving one.

Silverwave Series II (8x8) Still available

These two still available in the larger series:

8" x 8" originals

matted with white and framed in 12" x 12" black frame - $350

silverware no 62
8x8

silverware no. 57
8x8

Arrowsmith Fall Juried Show

September 1 - 26, 2015

McMillan Arts Centre

133 McMillan Street

Parksville, BC

Opening reception and presentation of awards:  
September 5th, 1:00 - 3:00 pm. 

It's all in your point of view....

This is why I LOVE cameras... and why where you put them is so important to what you get out of them.  This weedy little daisy is tiny... only about 5" tall. And surrounded by very dead grass. Ugh.  Yet shoot it from underneath with an iPhone (cuz no way is my big camera fitting under there!), sky, sunshine (and an ever so helpful dog) in background... and you get a bit of magic.  

Gifts from my garden....

Ok.. so I will never be a great gardener.  I get excited when I see snails on my roses and love finding their vacated spiral homes.  The diversity in colour and pattern is amazing....

New! Tuesday's Child

Tuesday's Child
acrylic on vellum paper, mounted on canvas
48" x 48"
$3000


This is a painting I thought was finished a few months ago.  Decided to get out the gesso and brushes and give it a massive reworking this week.  Like it much better now.


*Update: This painting has been awarded the Silver Medal at the FCA Spilsbury Medal Show, Dec 9 - 24,  at Federation Gallery on Granville Island (Vancouver).

Vase no. 1 (iPad)

Vase no. 1
8x8
digital
(iPad)

This one was really fun.  Feels like a series might be developing here.  :)

Arrowsmith FCA Fall Juried Show - on now at TOSH

These two paintings are hanging at TOSH.

Arrowsmith FCA Fall Juried Show
Oct 27 - Nov 17
The Old School House Art Centre
Qualicum Beach

Opening Reception: Oct 29, 7:00 - 9:00 pm.
Everyone Welcome.

SilverWave no. 61
8" x 8"
Watercolour & Silver Ink

SOLD

Queen of Hearts... off to a new home.

Thrilled to say that this painting sold at the Sidney Fine Art Show!  A little bittersweet to see it go, as I really love this painting.

Queen of Hearts
48"x48"
acrylic/mixed on paper, mounted on canvas

iPad for Artists Workshop

Wow… what a fabulous workshop.  I had lots of fun  spending the week with a great group of wonderful artists, and sharing the fun of creating on the iPad.  What a creative group!  

Special thanks to Mary Stewart and Vancouver Island Art Workshops.  We are so lucky to have such a wonderful resource right here in our own backyard.  World class workshops, and she keeps us all happy and fed too.  :) 

I have had a number of artists ask me if I will be offering the iPAD FOR ARTISTS WORKSHOP again and the answer is yes.  Not quite sure when but I am hoping to make it happen at some point in the new year.  

Please contact me if you are interested in hearing more about it once I have a better idea of dates and location.

Pear and Lemon Still Life

created in Procreate on the iPad

Another painting off to a good home...

This wee gem was one of the paintings that found new homes during my month as feature artist at the Beach Club Resort in Parksville...

Silverwave no. 63
watercolour & silver ink
SOLD

Another cool iPad demo....

Just another example of the great stuff you can learn at the iPad workshop in October!

More info and registration at www.vancouverislandartworkshops.com

Coastal Expressions - Nanaimo FCA Juried Show

Great article in the Nanaimo News Bulletin about my participation in the Nanaimo FCA Juried Show "Coastal Expressions", on until September 6th at the Nanaimo Art Gallery.  

Click here to read full article.

iPad Workshop: October 6 - 10, Nanaimo BC

iPad for Artists 
5 Day Workshop with Lisa Danesin, AFCA
October 6 - 10, 2014

A traditional painter by heart, I will share with you all my exciting iPad discoveries, including how I have used my iPad to speed up the process of creating my Silverwave watercolour series (over 50 of these paintings have sold so far!).  And that’s just one of the many things I will cover.

Immerse yourself in a week long workshop combining traditional and digital methods of making art and learn what a powerful, creative, and FUN tool the iPad can be and how it can compliment your own artistic process. Contact me at lisadanesin@gmail.com for more information or check out the details at vancouverislandartworkshops.com





For a sneak peek, check out the videos below...

Fusing "real" with digital... creating art on the iPad

Before and After....

Retrograde no.1
5"x5"
mixed media
(gesso, crayon, graphite, iPad)